tobacco blog – Stock Tobacco and Public Health

The two public-listed beer-makers in Malaysia too have set out ambitious ESG goals for themselves

Their results counter the proposition that the young people who vape would otherwise be smokers (the common liability theory) as they found distinct risk factors for tobacco-use and vaping

In 2015, a minimum age of sale for e-cigarettes of 18 was introduced, making it illegal to sell e-cigarettes containing nicotine to under 18s or to purchase them on behalf of under 18s.[24] From 20th May 2016, a regulatory framework for e-cigarettes was introduced in the UK under the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) Article 20.14 The regulations are due to be updated and strengthened following a review in 2023, but the timescale and content of the revised regulations has still to be decided at time of publication of this factsheet

To zap people out of the equation